Internet Privacy Quotes

“Even though we don't know which companies the NSA has compromised – or by what means – knowing that they could have compromised any of them is enough to make us mistrustful of all of them. This is going to make it hard for large companies like Google and Microsoft to get back the trust they lost. Even if they succeed in limiting government surveillance. Even if they succeed in improving their own internal security. The best they'll be able to say is: "We have secured ourselves from the NSA, except for the parts that we either don't know about or can't talk about.”
― Bruce Schneier

“Every time I do an interview people ask similar questions, such as "What is the most significant story that you have revealed?" […] There really is only one overarching point that all of these stories have revealed, and that is–and I say this without the slightest bit of hyperbole or melodrama; it's not metaphorical and it's not figurative; it is literally true–that the goal of the NSA and it's five eyes partners in the English speaking world–Canada, New Zealand, Australia and especially the UK–is to eliminate privacy globally, to ensure that there could be no human communications that occur electronically, that evades their surveillance net; they want to make sure that all forms of human communications by telephone or by Internet, and all online activities are collected, monitored, stored and analyzed by that agency and by their allies.

That means, to describe that is to describe a ubiquitous surveillance state; you don't need hyperbole to make that claim, and you do not need to believe me when I say that that's their goal. Document after document within the archive that Edward Snowden provided us declare that to be their goal. They are obsessed with searching out any small little premise of the planet where some form of communications might take place without they being able to invade it.”
― Glenn Greenwald

“You know something is wrong when the government declares opening someone else’s mail is a felony but your internet activity is fair game for data collecting.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri

“1973 Fair Information Practices:

- You should know who has your personal data, what data they have, and how it is used.
- You should be able to prevent information collected about you for one purpose from being used for others.
- You should be able to correct inaccurate information about you.
- Your data should be secure.

..while it's illegal to use Brad Pitt's image to sell a watch without his permission, Facebook is free to use your name to sell one to your friends.”
― Eli Pariser, The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You

“The only way to maintain privacy on the internet is to not be on the internet.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“Never post family pictures online,
There's no such thing as privacy settings.
It is a total jungle out there,
In every corner predators are lurking.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“The Internet, my fickle friend, my two-faced enemy, what would life be like without you? Where else can I be anonymously anyone and yet, have no anonymity at all?”
― Susan Schussler, Between the Raindrops

“We need to have a measure of love and freedom at all times, even with the ones we love much in our lives.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice

“End-to-End encryption is practically a meaningless phrase used by internet-based companies to coax people into believing the modern myth of online privacy.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“Internet and privacy are antithesis of each other.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Insan: When The World is Family

“It is common knowledge in the programmer's circle that almost every smartphone in the world is infected with some form of trojan.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“Anything that says ‘smart’ in front of its name, is a potential magnet for trojans. The same goes for anything that is endorsed as ‘open source’.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“Internet privacy is fiction.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“In our online world there is no way for a regular civilian to keep their phone uninfected. And that includes everybody except skilled and resourceful programmers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“If you strictly want something not to get on the internet, do not keep it on your phone.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Insan: When The World is Family

“Focus on your character and you won't need to worry about privacy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Insan: When The World is Family

“A well-built character is the epitome of righteousness, hence, above the petty insecurities and rigidities of society.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Insan: When The World is Family

“If you use social media,
don't ask for privacy.
If you want privacy,
don't use social media.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets